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An Iberian system for a Celtic language.
Also known as: Celtiberian signary
The script used in central Iberia to write Celtiberian in a script borrowed from its neighbours.
Writes Celtiberian using signs borrowed from the Iberian script.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Inherited the syllabic treatment of stops from a script built for a different language, so Celtiberian was written in a system that could not distinguish voiced from unvoiced stops — a borrowed script actively losing information the language carried.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Angular stroke-built figures taken from the Iberian repertoire, written left to right and adapted for a language with a different sound inventory.